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Genetic engineering
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Linda Tagliaferro |
Discusses current and potential uses of genetic engineering in fields such as medicine, criminal investigation, and agriculture and examines some of the ethical questions involved. |
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Agro-technology
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R. Paul Thompson |
"Humans have been modifying plants and animals for millennia. The dawn of molecular genetics, however, has kindled intense public scrutiny and controversy. Crops, and the food products which include … |
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Aging, biotechnology, and the future
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Green, Robert C.,Michael A. Smyer |
From the Publisher: This wide-ranging, multidisciplinary collection examines how advances in medicine and technology are affecting the aging process and the lives of elderly persons. In analyzing the… |
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Brave New Worlds
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Bryan Appleyard |
During the decades after World War II, two powerfully disturbing novels captured the imagination of those of us who were apprehensive about the human future: George Orwell's ''Nineteen Eighty-four'' … |
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Clone
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Gina Kolata |
"Award-winning scientific journalist Gina Kolata ... reveals the story behind Dolly--reaching back to our earliest attempts to clone, uncovering the startling, largely unreported events that led to D… |
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Dinner at the new gene café
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Bill Lambrecht |
"Recent headlines will tell you that biotechnology companies are knocking down barriers as they race one another to alter the genetic building blocks of the world's food. In the United States, the pr… |
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Babies by Design
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Ronald M. Green,Ronald Michael Green |
Already technology enables parents to select some genetic traits for their children, and soon it will be possible to begin to shape ourselves as a species. Countering loud cries of alarm, bioethics e… |
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